Encore Performance of Karol Wojtyla’s The Jeweler’s Shop 1/14/2012

Shunya Artistic Director Sara Kumar will be reprising her role in an encore performance of The Jeweler’s Shop, which we previously posted about here. The show will be Saturday, January 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Theatre at University of St. Thomas. Tickets are being sold online at http://jp2forum.org/

Backspace plays at Fitzgerald’s, Mandar on tabla

Shunya’s own Mandar Sane (multiple music composition and performance credits, actor in Bricks and Lyrics) will be playing tabla for the song Within You Without You during Backspace’s December 29 show at Fitzgerald’s. The band is going to cover tunes from the Beatles and the Kinks. The show starts at 7pm, tickets are $15, and [...]

Shyam Pillai onstage in Wordsmyth staged reading

Shunya Actor Shyam Pillai will be acting in Wordsmyth Theater‘s staged reading of An Uncommon Language. The reading is free, and is located at Main Street Theater Chelsea Market, 4617 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006, tomorrow, Monday Nov 14 at 7 PM.

Sara Kumar acting in “The Jeweler’s Shop”

Shunya’s co-Artistic Director, Sara Kumar, will be acting in a production of “The Jeweler’s Shop” by Karol Wojtyla (the name of John Paul II before he became Pope). The production is at Obsidian Art Space November 4, 5 and 6.

Details here, and tickets sold online here.

Even more actors at MADCAP 24

I was incomplete in my earlier post, Shunya members Karthik Chander and Deeba Ashraf will also be on stage along with Sriram and Jesal. See you at the show!

Shunya actors in MADCAP 24

Once again Country Playhouse is presenting their tremendously fun MADCAP 24. Shunya has participated in the last several years, and once again two Shunya actors will be on stage: Sriram Vengalathur and Jesal Kapasi. This is always a fantastic show — one night only! — and it is amazing what the playwrights can come [...]

Slant: Bold Asian American Images Festival

An announcement from our friends at Aurora Picture Show:

Aurora Picture Show Announces

11th Annual Slant: Bold Asian American Images Festival

Houston’s Asian American film festival, Slant: Bold Asian American Images, returns for the 11th year with an eclectic lineup that represents the best new works by Asian American filmmakers. From dramas about [...]

Soham Wins Student Academy Award!

Shunya Founder Soham Mehta won a Student Academy Award for his film Fatakra. Congratulations, Soham!

Announcement on Soham’s website, the press release, and a television interview.

Soham Mehta: Shunya Founder, Rising Star

OK, I admit I’m a little late to the game with this, but here’s a nice profile of Shunya’s founder, Soham Mehta, from Indo American News.

Soham Mehta’s film “Survivors” on iTunes

Soham Mehta, Shunya’s founder, has a short horror film released on iTunes in time for Halloween.

Dear Friends,

I just want to share some good news with you. My short horror film, Survivors, just went up on iTunes this week for Halloween!

This is the first film that I have directed to get distribution, [...]